Friday, September 13, 2013

This might not be technically correct as far as music theory goes,
but we've updated several entries for diminished chords with alternate
spellings. Our rationale is that the correct enharmonic might not
register while playing within a scale that uses a different note name.

For
example, the D diminished chord consists of the D, F, and Ab notes. The A
harmonic minor scale is A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, and A. The Ddim chord
exists in the A harmonic scale as the following notes: D, F, and G#,
where G-sharp is the enharmonic of A-flat. When working within the
framework of the A harmonic minor scale, it would be more convenient to
use the G# note over the Ab note. That's why we included these
alternate, non-standard spellings of various minor chords, linked to
below:

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